Abstract
IT has been said that the antidiuretic effect of vasopressin, one of the posterior pituitary hormones, is based on accelerated re-absorption of water in the renal tubules.
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KASHIWAGI, T. Mechanism of the Antidiuretic Effect of Vasopressin. Nature 184, 991 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184991a0
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